This weekend was a big one for the mass at St. Thomas. We spent time introducing the staff members. Then we handed out time and talent forms so that parishioners could get involved. That meant that mass started about five minutes later than usual which means I kept my homily short.
So, I talked about having conviction. In this world, there are an awful lot of people, myself included, who tend to be dispassionate about their faith. The challenge of christians is that, in being tolerant of other people's free will, we can't lose the passion we feel about the faith. We also can't become so focused on one issue that we miss out on the breath of God's will. God has given us the church so that we can get behind all that he wants from us.
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That is one of the things I like about converts to the Catholic Church, especially converted clergy, like the ones on EWTN's Journy Home program. They have passion about their faith. I guess after studying about the faith, agnonizing about the faith and leaving family, friends and congregations behind they should be passionate. We tend to be indifferent .... like one church is as good as another. We need to ask the Lord to ignite the passion for His Catholic Church in us and we can't be embarrassed to shout that from the mountain tops....especially within our Catholic Church.
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